MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441013894 A) filed by Valeo Eautomotive Germany Gmbh, Erlangen, Germany, on Feb. 27, 2024, for 'a support element for a module.'

Inventor(s) include Mathiyalagan, Anand; Appukuttan, Deepak; Gilet, Olivier; and Karuppanan, Solaiyappan.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present subject matter relates to an electric power converter (100) that includes a module (104), a housing having an inner surface (112) on which a lower face (130) of the module (104) abuts, and a support element (106) whose bottom side (134) faces an upper face (128) of the module 104. The module (104) includes at least one controllable switch intended to switch and carry out a voltage conversion. The support element 106 includes a body that is at least partially lying in a first plane (152), and one or more flexible prongs extending from the body in a direction towards the upper face (128) of the module (104). The module (104) is at least partially lying in a second plane (154) parallel to the first plane (152). Each of the one or more flexible prongs is bearing on the upper face (128) of the module (104) and configured to hold the module (104) in place relative to the housing."

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